Nursing Home Abuse Often Goes Unreported: CMS Report
A new report reveals that many incidents of nursing home neglect and abuse go unreported, even though the cause of such injuries should raise red flags.…
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A new report reveals that many incidents of nursing home neglect and abuse go unreported, even though the cause of such injuries should raise red flags.…
Two senators have procured the release of a list of 400 under-performing nursing homes, which federal regulators had previously kept hidden and now promise to update and release on a monthly basis for the public.
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The CDC warns that cases of Candida Auris infections are spreading, primarily through hospitals and nursing homes, with nearly 600 cases in the U.S. since 2016.…
A new report reveals widespread nursing home neglect and failure to prevent bedsores at VA nursing homes nationwide.…
A wrongful death lawsuit claims that an Ohio nursing home failed to report a missing resident to police, resulting in him being found frozen to death two days later.…
A proposed bill in Minnesota would allow family members to place cameras in relatives’ rooms to monitor for nursing home abuse and neglect.…
Phoenix police have arrested a nurse who they say raped a nursing home patient in a vegetative state, impregnating her and leading to the birth of a child late last year.…
A new study warns that giving dementia patients trazodone could be as risky as giving them atypical antipsychotics.…
CMS has announced a new three-year initiative that will use fines to help aid failing nursing homes.…
A new study finds that decreases in hospital bedsore incidents have not affected the rate of severe bedsore injuries, and that all bedsores are likely under-reported.…